‘Rights can be knocked out in a second’: older trans people shocked by supreme court ruling
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Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed

Women who transitioned decades ago feel their safety and security has suddenly been removed

Last week’s supreme court ruling sent shock waves through the UK’s trans community.

The unanimous judgment said the legal definition of a woman in the Equality Act 2010 did not include transgender women who hold gender recognition certificates (GRCs).

That feeling was compounded when Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is preparing new statutory guidance, said the judgment meant only biological women could use single-sex changing rooms and toilets.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1291·
    14 hours ago

    Nah, that doesn’t apply in this case. The UK is a world leader in transphobia, acting not because the US does things, but because they’re entirely transphobic on their own.

    • zulfiqaramer@lemmings.worldBannedEnglish
      328·
      8 hours ago

      They’re not really transphobic. The US is actually unique in its promotion of trans agendas.

      The rest of the world looks at the US like they’re crazy.

      • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
        16·
        8 hours ago

        Uh, that varies wildly state to state and person to person here in the US. California even has division among acceptance, there are significant portions of people on LA and SF who’d love to see all these things repealed. Social media is a helluva drug.

          • bobs_monkey@lemm.eeEnglish
            101·
            5 hours ago

            You’re talking out of your ass. Trans folk, and gender reassignment, have been a thing for decades. It’s only recently become a social topic in the wider push for inclusive LGQT+ rights and has been gained mainstream attention, which has conservative undies in a twist. It just used to be that trans people kept themselves to themselves out of fear of social rejection, which is what the wider push has been about.